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An Athens man wanted on drug charges had to make two attempts to turn himself in Tuesday night, Athens-Clarke County police said.

When 19-year-old Datron Emmanuel McCoy went to the Clarke County Jail to surrender, he was told that he was at the wrong gate, police said. He went to police headquarters nearby to tell about his unsuccessful attempt to surrender, and after an officer verified he had outstanding warrants, the officer took McCoy to the jail.

Athens-Clarke police were dispatched Monday to the Sarepta Baptist Association on Old Jefferson Road, where an employee reported the theft of a Horton brand utility trailer valued at $1,800. The cargo trailer was parked behind the office building and stolen sometime between Nov. 7 and Monday, police said.

In another theft, a resident of the 900 block of Barnett Shoals Road reported someone pried his front door open and stole a duffel bag, X-Box game console and games, and $400 in change sometime between 8 a.m. and 5:55 p.m.

A 22-year-old Athens woman reported Monday that a video of her having sex was placed on social media without her consent, according to Athens-Clarke police.

Two other 22-year-old women told police they saw the video on social media, although the nature of the media was not released by police. No charges have been filed, but the Athens man who made the video faces a possible charge of distribution of obscene material.

Athens-Clarke police have issued an arrest warrant for a suspect in the Sunday night robbery of a 22-year-old woman in her apartment on Nellie B Avenue.

The victim told police she was smoking a cigarette on the porch when she turned to go back inside and the robber came up behind her, brandished a knife and ordered her to lock the door. The woman said the man took $400 cash and the keys to her vehicle before he left out a back door when a noise outside appeared to make him nervous.

Jordan Wade Perry, 22, of Lake Forest Drive, was arrested early Monday morning after his mother called 911 and said Perry had an outstanding arrest warrant and could be found at a location on Dudley Drive, Athens-Clarke County police said.

Wade, who was wanted on a felony contempt of Superior Court charge, was arrested after he was found sitting in a truck on Dudley Drive, police said.

A car was stolen on Saturday out of the parking lot of an Italian restaurant in Athens.

The victim told Athens-Clarke police that her 1998 Saturn was stolen sometime between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., according to a news release. She said the car was parked at DePalma’s Italian Cafe at 2080 Timothy Road.